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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-06-11, Page 44 -VHS INIIION IMPOSITOIN. dos 11, IIIh Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 G.n.rd Man°9sr & Advertising Monger KEVIN CARDNO • Advertising Sales PAT ARMES - Office Manager M NINE McGRATH - Subscriptions & Classifieds DAVE SCOTT - Editor GREGOR CAMPBEt - Reporter OARS STOREY - distribution A Bowes Publishers Community Newwspoper UUbSCRIPTION RATES LOCAL 32.50 o yea, in odvona, plus 2.28 G.S.T. UNIORS. • 30.00 a year, in advance, plus 2.10 G.S T. USA & Finian: 28.44 o year in advance. plus 578.00 posbg.. G.S.T. exempt 5U8SCR?TION RATES Publish.d weakly by Signol-Scor Publishing of 100 Moin St , Seaforth. Publication moil registration No. 0696 held at Seaforth, Onbrio. 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Huron Expositor Wednesday, June 11, 1997 Edam -WI and business Offices - 100 Main Sfreet.,5eciodh T�ione (5191 527-0240 Fax (5191527.2859 Address - P.O. lox 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO Member of the Conodion Community Newspaper Association, Ontorio Community Newspopers Association and the Ontario Press Council Views expressed on our opinion page(s) don't necessarily represent those of The Huron Expositor or Bowes Publishers. The Huron Expositor reserves the right to edit letters to the editor or to refuse publication. $ scarce for 4-H Open Letter: The Huron County 4-H Leaders' Association has been very busy this year jug- gling time, finances and pro- grams.With the program being run almost fully by volunteers. It is a big job. There just doesn't seem to be enough time and energy to get it all together. However we are fortunate enough to have many willing and faith- ful volunteers to give us a helping hand. As with many other organi- zations, the 4-H program has lost most of its government assistance. We have been weaned off and now are in charge of the day-to-day task of running the program and seeing the quality is main- tained. Registration fees charged for each member are new for this year. The fee is $10, with $5 of that being kept in Huron County and the other $5 going to Ontario 4 - Council for each of our own expenses. This has been fairly well received by the members and my advice to them is to make the most of their money by attending as many provincial and county events as possible. A lot of time, effort and cost is put out to offer these events that are great learning experience for all who attend. The "Friend of 4-H Fund" was developed 22 years ago to help subsidize Huron County 4-H members with travel costs for exchanges, county competitions, and promotional material, as well as many other county 4-H activities. As a county we produce our own newsletter and mail to every 4-H house- hold. This is a big expense to us but a necessity to keep our members and leaders informed. There are at pre- sent just over 500 members taking projects. At this time I would ask that you and your organiza- tion give some consideration to helping us out financially. Our 4-1-I program in Huron County cannot continue with- out the support of organiza- tions like yourselves. With government cutbacks we arc struggling to maintain a qual- ity program in educating our youth. With the newsletter being one of our greatest expendi- tures, we might suggest that you give some consideration to funding the cost of one of these mailings with recogni- tion to you, your company, or your organization. Production and mailing costs for one such newsletter are approxi- mately $600. The above paragraph is only a suggestion to those who might have an advertis- ing interest in mind. We by no means expect this kind of commitment from everyone we approach. Any contribu- tion you would like to give will be gratefully accepted and appreciated. First time contributors to the fund will receive a certifi- cate and for every year after a seal will be presented to the contributor to put on the cer- tificate. Both the certificate and the seal will be presented at our annual 4 -Il Awards Program in November. A great event for you to attend and see the 4 -Hers receive the recognition for their year's achievements. Thank you for taking the time to look at this and please give it some consideration. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or I would be glad to come and speak to your group, 523- 9487 . Sincerely Thelma Dougherty President Huron County 4-H Assoc. MADD applauds tough stand by government Dear Editor: MADD Huron/Bruce applauds Transportation Minister Al Palladini and his government for taking a tough stand against drinking and driving with their pro- posed road safety bill for Ontario. After 15 years of campaigning for this kind of legislation, we are very pleased to see a leap taken in the right direction. Each day 4 Canadians are killed and over 300 injured as a result of alcohol-related crashes. Drunk drivers killed 544 peo- ple in Ontario in 1994, two of whom were our son Patrick Magee 17, from Wingham and Barb Rintoul's son Kevin, 16, from the Lucknow area. To quote Tony Caivalho, MADD Canada Chair, "License suspension and vehicle confiscation, rehabilitation of alcoholics and lifetime suspensions for repeat offenders are elements of the solution to more effec- tively deal. with drunk dri- vers. It is a serious crime and our laws must reflect this reality and provide the neces- sary deterrent." MADD Huron/Bruce Lynne Magee President Buried treasure somewhere north of town I dont't want to start anoth- er Bre-X rush but I was reminded recently of what could be great wealth under the ground - and not far from town. More the buried trea- sure variety than a gold mine and I know where it is. But first some history.... For some of the 1940s 1 was, among other things, a lineman for both Ontario Hydro and the Public Utilities Commission. Although most of the time I spent with the P.U.C. climb- ing poles and making sure everybody had power for their lights and toasters and washing machines and what- ever...and that the street lights came on at night and Hesky Flax and Bosharts and Bell's Foundry, Duncan's Shoe Factory, the Creamery and the Farmer's Co -Op had the power to operate and keep everybody working. There was just Jake and I for most of the war years. Jake was Ray Holmes, who lived with his family in the house adjoining the town weigh scales. He believed he was the boss. It was an easy role for him to fill for all he wanted to do was stay on the ground and give orders. But he was likeable and had a pleasant way about him. For some reason in the Spring of 1944 Jake decided we should clean the place up and bring some order to the large shed where electrical material and supplies had been stored since the early days of electricity and Sir Adam Beck. There had been a kind of pack -rat mentality through the years and little or nothing was thrown out...it was simply shoved into the shed until it was a cluttered mess right up to the door, not unlike Fibber McGee's clos- et. Guest Column by Clare Westcott We discovered tons of out- dated electrical hardware including old switchgear, crossarm braces, motors, gen- erators and miles of copper wire. The wire, once we put it in a pile and set fire to it to burn off the insulation, was of great value and was sold to a scrap dealer in Brussels. A few old transformers were also sold for scrap, but not before the oil was drained from them and turned over to town employee Jack Cummings, who dutifully spread it on the road from one end of Market Street to the other to keep the dust down. PCBs and all. TO THE DUMP We took three loads to Keller's Dump, made up mostly of old glass and porcelain insulators, many still screwed on the wooden pegs. They were large and small and of every shape and colour. 1 would guess that we hauled thousands of them out the north road. Now buried deep in the ground. I was reminded of all this a few weeks ago as I walked through a shopping mall in Kingston where an antique show and sale was being held. The mall corridors were crowded with booths selling everything from sideboards to glass and china, along with old licence plates and vintage hockey and baseball cards that today go by the name "collectables" and are sur- prisingly pricey. Now, about that buried trea- sure...as I walked from stall to stall admiring the Elvis clock and the Marilyn Munroe lamp shade, and especially the autographed Lou Gehrig baseball card, my eye caught a small display that really got my attention. As I got closer I saw the price tags. One was $40 and the others ranged from $30, down to about $10. It seemed that the smaller ones were more expensive than the big ones. Although there was one with an odd shape about six inches long, made of shiny bright clear green glass with four ripples from top to bot- tom.. and it was priced at $75. These were simple, ordi- nary, garden variety insula- tors from the 1950s and before that had adorned hydro poles around town in the decades following the turn of the century and Jake Holmes and 1 buried thou- sands of them in Keller's dump. Somewhere north of town is a patch of ground that con- tains, not precious metal but pieces of glass, baked clay and porcelain and pound for pound is probably worth more than all the gold in Bre- X. QUIET IN THE LAND Old resident remembers way back when FROM THE PAGES OF THE HURON EXPOSITOR JUNE 11,1897 AN OLD RESIDENT - Mr. Edward Cash, of this town, who is one of the oldest busi- ness men in the county, and who is still hale and hearty and in harness, can make a boast which but few can do. He has lived under four mon- archs. He remembers dis- tinctly of the coronation of Queen Victoria, whose Diamond Jubilee will be cel- ebrated in a few days; also the repeal of the corn laws; the abolition of slavery in the British Dominions; the Irish Disestablishment bill; the Reform bill; the Indian mutiny; the Crimean war and other stirring events which have long since become his- torical. There are several oth- ers in town also, who are older than he and who are still hale and hearty. Among the number are Mr. John Henderson and Mr. Frank Scott. We hope to have all these worthy men long with us. * * * FROM AFAR - Mr. R.B. Scott, of Harpurhey, has had the pleasure of a ten days visit from Mr. Black, of Peebles, Scotland. Mr. Black is a son of the late Mr. Wm. Black, of the firm of Messrs. William and Robert Black, of Beyroute, Palestine, with whom Mr. Scott was f2r 11 years a clerk and manger. Mr. Black has been visiting all the principal cities in the States, both north and south, and coming from Chicago here. He was much impressed with the fine land surround- ing Seaforth and with the appearance of prosperity and contentment of everyone. Mr. Bleck left on Friday after- noon for Toronto, going down the rapids to Montreal, and sailed on the steamship Vancouver for Liverpool. JUNE 2, 1922 QUICK WORK - On Tuesday morning last Mr. T.B. Hays left Seaforth on the morning train, reaching Toronto shortly after ten. From there he went to the Union Stock Yards where he In the Years Agone purchased a load of stockers, and by noon was on the train again for home. That is quick work for any man, and most would think it a big day. To Mr. Hays, however, who has always been a man of quick action, and who is only 82 years young, it was simply an item in the day's work; Local Briefs - Seaforth is the only town in the county without oiled streets. - Mr. Jack Pringle, of Milwaukee, spent a couple of days last week at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. J.H. Broadfoot. - Mr. J.O. Rose, city treasurer of Guelph, and a former well known Seaforthite, spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Beattie. - Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, of Winnipeg, are visiting at the home of . Mrs. Stewart's mother, Mrs. S. Wallace, Silver Creek. - The Seaforth Highlanders Band, under the leadership of Mr. W. Freeman, gave their first con- cert in th Park on Thursday evening, June 1st. JUNE 6, 1947 DUBLIN NEWS - After spending the past nine months in Scotland playing hockey for the Fife Flyers and Kirkcaldy, in the Scottish Ice Hockey Association League, Harry O'Connor, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. O'Connor, Hibbert Township, returned home on Saturday. His team won the Airle Trophy and Harry fin- ished seventh in the scoring schedule, winning 64 goals and 23 assists. He states that Canadian hockey rules arc used, though the Scottish League schedule is entirely different to that of Canada. All teams and players took part in the first strike in hock- ey history, but when the Association came across with more money, they all went back and played as if nothing had happened. •*• On Wednesday at Convocation Hall, McMaster University, Hamilton, the 1947 class of Hamilton School of Nursing took the Florence Nightingale Pledge. The class of '47 - 97 nurses - is the largest yet to graduate, and included Marguerite Wcstcott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Westcott, Seaforth. •** Following an acute heart attack late Monday night, Fred S. Savauge, one of Seaforth's prominent busi- nessmen, died early Friday morning. From the time he came to Seaforth from Toronto in 1910, he took a very active part in the busi- ness and church life of the community, and his influence was felt in every circle in which he moved. His cheery smile and ready jokes will be missed on Main Street where he was respected and like by all. ••• When a front spring col - `Dave? Dave's not here!' Congratulations to playwright and editor of The Huron Expositor, Dave Scott, and his wife Kathleen, on the birth of their second son, Frederick Thomas William Scott, who entered this world at 6 lbs.. 14 oz. on May 30. Dave is on holidays for a bit. His first play, There's Nothing In the Paper, premieres July 23 at the Blyth Festival. Last I heard it was second in advance sales. He has been working his butt off on this thing, re -written it about 50 -million times. The newspaper business is full of characters and strange sit- uations. There is never a dull moment. We waicr Dave's theatrical debut is a hoot, and a hit. lapsed, a truck driven by Angelo Phillips, Seaforth, went out of control on No. 4 Highway, south of Hensall, on Friday and somersaulted twice, spilling its load of fruit over the highway. Mr. Phillips received bruises and a severe shaking up. A similar accident occurred two miles west of Seaforth on the same day, when a truck owned by Haase Mill, Winthrop, turned over, spilling a load of grain over the road. The accident was investigated by Provincial Officer J.W. Cuip. JUNE 15, 1972 Seaforth council decided Monday night not to release a report which had been received from the Ontario Police Commission. The report came as a result of a request by council to investi- gate the Seaforth Police Department. Decision to seek the inves- tigation resulted from a request advanced early in May by a group of ratepayers who originally had asked that a public enquiry be held fol- lowing the resignation of Constable Keith Ruston. Mayor Frank Sills asked the press to leave after a motion to go into committee of the whole had been approved by council. In the discussion before the vote was taken, Councillor George Hildebrand stated he thought the press should not be excluded and that the report should be published in its entirety. It was later decided that the report would not be made available to the press in whole or in part. Mayor Sills said Tuesday the report in the main dealt only with personal matters and reviewed discussions which the investigators had had with council and others involved. As a result he said it contained only information of which council already had knowledge. He said the only recom- mendations had to do with administrative procedures and the provision of addition- al reports.